Asrock Z270 Gaming K4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	57.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Gaming K4 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170329
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '21 at 23:37
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	GEO-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 182 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 527 50% 416 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team T2535T240G 240GB 3,019 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0517A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 46 37 59 20 53 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 506 Write 366 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 84.1 55% 251 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 21.9 4K Mixed 27.6 91% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 32.4 DQ Mixed 32.9 39% 70 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 93%
Seagate ST500DM005 HD502HJ 500GB 10,272 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 301GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 144 144 144 144 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 114 Write 34 Mixed 74 SusWrite 137 66% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 212% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron M378A1K43BB2G3A141 2x8GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.8% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 20.2 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 15.2 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z270 Gaming K4 Builds (Compare 536 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 72%

Battleship

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 62%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asrock Z270 Gaming K4

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	249x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	73x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	56x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	56x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	50x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	49x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	29x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	19x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	15x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	24x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	11x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $493

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16